Despite major achievements in child survival, the burden of neonatal mortality has remained
high and even increased in some countries since 1990. Currently, most neonatal deaths are …

Executive summary Although health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-
income countries (LMICs) in the past several decades, a new reality is at hand. Changing …

Summary Background Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 has targeted elimination of
preventable child mortality, reduction of neonatal death to less than 12 per 1000 livebirths …

Executive summary Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental to
people's health and survival, to economic development, and to the wellbeing of humanity …

Background Reducing neonatal mortality is an essential part of the third Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG), to end preventable child deaths. To achieve this aim will require …

Early childhood development programmes vary in coordination and quality, with inadequate
and inequitable access, especially for children younger than 3 years. New estimates, based …

Summary The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a historic opportunity to
implement interventions, at scale, to promote early childhood development. Although the …

On the continuum of maternal health care, two extreme situations exist: too little, too late
(TLTL) and too much, too soon (TMTS). TLTL describes care with inadequate resources …

Background “Kangaroo mother care,” a type of newborn care involving skin-to-skin contact
with the mother or other caregiver, reduces mortality in infants with low birth weight (< 2.0 kg) …

Executive summary Much progress has been made during the past two decades in
coverage of births in health facilities; however, reductions in maternal and neonatal mortality …